PILING
Dictionary entry overview: What does piling mean? • PILING (noun)
The noun PILING has 1 sense:
1. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
Familiarity information: PILING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PILING (noun)
Meaning:
A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
piling; spile; stilt; pile
Hypernyms ("piling" is a kind of...):
column; pillar ((architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "piling"):
sheath pile; sheet pile; sheet piling (a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage)
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